National accounts and Gross Domestic Product

Description: This product contains articles related to the latest methodological, conceptual developments in the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts as well as the analysis of the Canadian economy. It includes articles detailing new methods, concepts and statistical techniques used to compile the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts. It also includes information related to new or expanded data products, provides updates and supplements to information found in various guides and analytical articles touching upon a broad range of topics related to the Canadian economy.

Description: The Gross Domestic Product by Income and by Expenditure Accounts record the production of goods and services in the economy, the incomes arising from this production, expenditures on production and the resulting saving (dissaving) and investment. This interactive tool facilitates easy access to the numerous data sets in these accounts. The tool highlights the latest results with time series for certain components.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Quarterly income-based gross domestic product, Canada.

Description: Quarterly expenditure-based, gross domestic product, Canada, in chained (2017) and current dollars.

Description: Quarterly indexes and contributions to percent change of real gross domestic product, real gross domestic income, terms of trade and other statistics, 2017=100.

Description: Quarterly fixed-weighted price and implicit price indexes and contributions to percent change in implicit price indexes for expenditure-based gross domestic product, Canada, 2017 = 100.

Description: Quarterly household final consumption expenditure components in chained (2017) and current dollars.

Description: Quarterly gross fixed capital formation components in chained (2017), current dollars and contribution to percent change.

Description: Quarterly investment in inventories components in chained (2017) and current dollars.

Description:

This table contains 116 series, with data for years 1961-1980 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (14 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; Prince Edward Island ...), Pension plan (2 items: Canada Pension Plan (CPP); Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) ...), Revenue and expenditure (8 items: Total revenue; Total current expenditure; Direct taxes from persons; Investment income ...).

Description:

This table contains 177 series, with data for years 1961-1980 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (14 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia ...), Direct taxes, components (14 items: Total; all direct taxes; Income taxes; Succession duties and estate taxes; Total; federal direct taxes; persons ...).

Description:

This table contains 351 series, with data for years 1961-1980 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick ...), Direct taxes, components (27 items: Total; Customs import duties; Total; federal; Excise duties ...).

Description:

This table contains 104 series, with data for years 1961-1980 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia ...), Current transfers (8 items: Transfers to federal government; Total transfers to provincial government; Total current transfers; Motor vehicle licenses and permits ...).

Description:

This table contains 222 series, with data for years 1961-1980 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick ...), Government investment income (18 items: Total; government investment income; Interest on government-held public funds; Interest on loans; advances and investments; Total federal government investment income ...).

Description:

This table contains 343 series, with data for years 1961-1980 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island ...), Government transfer payments (25 items: Total; all government transfer payments to persons; Total federal transfer payments; Family and youth allowances; Pensions; World Wars I and II ...).

Description:

This table contains 252 series, with data for years 1961-1980 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (14 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island ...), Government transfer payments to business (18 items: Total subsidies; Total federal subsidies; Federal subsidies; other; Federal subsidies; agricultural ...).

Description:

This table contains 393 series, with data for years 1961-1980 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia ...), Current transfers (31 items: Total; all transfers; Total federal transfers to provinces; Old age and blind pensions; Total federal transfers to other levels of government ...).

Description:

This table contains 231 series, with data for years 1961-1980 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2006-10-06. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (15 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia ...), Sources and disposition of personal income (16 items: Equals: personal saving; Wages; salaries and supplementary labour income; Equals: personal income; Equals: personal disposable income ...).

Description: This table contains 8955 series, with data for years 1992 - 1999 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2001-04-20. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (16 items: Canada;Newfoundland and Labrador;Prince Edward Island;Nova Scotia ...), Trade flow detail (23 items: Total supply and demand;Total demand;To Newfoundland and Labrador;Total supply ...), Goods and services (54 items: Grains;Other agricultural products;Forestry products;Fish; seafood and trapping products ...).

Description:

The first of two features on the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, this article compares the North's economic and employment trends with those in the rest of the country. Occupation, industry and selected population characteristics are also studied.

Description:

Following normal practice, the annual revision of the National Economic and Financial Accounts has been carried out and the revised estimates have been released along with those for the first quarter of 1995. This annual revision of the different parts of the System of National Accounts is an integrated process, with revised estimates of the Income and Expenditure Accounts, Financial Flow Accounts and the Balance of International Payments being released simultaneously. Corresponding revisions to the monthly estimates of gross domestic product (GDP), by industry and to the Input-Output Accounts at current and constant prices will be completed in August.

Description:

Revised estimates of the Income and Expenditure Accounts (IEA) covering 1990 to 1993 have been released along with the estimates for the first quarter of 1994. These revised estimates reflect the most current source data and seasonal patterns. The annual revision of the different parts of the System of National Accounts is an integrated process. Revised estimates of two other parts of the system, the Balance of International Payments and Financial Flow Accounts, have been released simultaneously. Corresponding revisions to the monthly estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP), by industry and to the Input-Output Accounts at current and constant prices will be available at the end of August.

The first section of this paper reviews the current revisions to the GDP and the main aggregates. The second section analyses the revision patterns of selected income and expenditure aggregates of the GDP over the period 1980 to 1993. For further information on sources, methods and definitions employed in the IE A, refer to the Guide to the Income and Expenditure Accounts, Catalogue no. 13-603E, no. 1.

Description:

Revised estimates of the Income and Expenditure Accounts covering 1989 to 1992 have been released along with the estimates for the first quarter of 1993. These revised estimates reflect the most current source data and seasonal patterns. The annual revision of the different parts of the System of the National Accounts is an integrated process. As such, revised estimates of two other parts of the system -- the Balance of International Payments and Financial Flow Accounts -- have been released simultaneously. Corresponding revisions to the monthly estimates of Gross Domestic Product by Industry and to the Input-Output Accounts at current and constant prices are also available.

Description:

This article introduces two new tables showing volume indexes of real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and its components for Canada compared with the United States and the associated purchasing power parities (PPPs). These international comparisons of real expenditures based on PPPs are considered to be a major addition to the tools available for macroeconomic analysis. For example, the recent publication by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of a set of estimates of different countries' output using PPPs has changed the view of the share of world output that comes from the industrialized countries compared with the developing economies.

An analysis based on PPPs, rather than a more conventional one based on exchange rates, has significantly changed the relative measures of output of countries. Comparisons based on exchange rates are unlikely to fully take into account the differences in price levels between countries (i.e., the goods and services that can be purchased in one country's currency compared with another's). Moreover, services are not generally traded in the way that goods are, so their prices in different countries tend not to be related in a way that parallels the currency exchange rate. If aggregate output is to be properly compared across countries, PPPs become more and more important as the size of the service sector grows.

Economic theory would suggest that for internationally traded domestically produced goods and services, PPPs and exchange rates will tend to equalize in the long run. Exchange rates, however, can fluctuate widely in short periods and are affected by expectations and factors such as deficits, wars, fuel shortages and interest rates. With the calculation of PPPs, actual price level differences can be identified. Such measures are also much more stable over time.

Description: This guide presents an overview of the scope and structure of the Pension Satellite Account as well as the methodology used to derive its stocks and flows estimates.

Description:

The majority of Canada's national, provincial and territorial macroeconomic indicators originate from the Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA). These indicators include such things as gross domestic product, net worth, savings, personal disposable income and government debt. Statistics Canada is launching a project that will make key changes to these macroeconomic indicators. The changes introduced by this project are outlined in this paper.

Description:

Statistics Canada produces monthly import and export merchandise trade price indexes. For the majority of these prices, Statistics Canada uses a variety of proxy measures to derive the price index in lieu of collecting observed import and export prices. The ability of these proxy measures to reflect international trade price movements during times of exchange rate volatility is limited. For this reason, the constant dollar trade estimates derived using these proxy price indexes have been refined with constant dollar adjustments following the appreciation of the Canadian exchange rate beginning at the end of 2002. This paper explains the rational and methodology behind these adjustments, as well as the impact on published trade and GDP estimates.

Description:

With the release of the Financial Flow Accounts (FFA) on December 1st and the National Balance Sheet Accounts (NBSA) on December 14th, the Income and Expenditure Accounts Division will be publishing revised sector and category detail on CANSIM.

Description: This guide focuses on the Income and Expenditure Accounts. It provides an overview, an outline of the concepts and definitions, an explanation of the sources of information and statistical methods, a glossary of terms, and a broad compilation of other facts about the accounts.

Description:

Effective with the 2006 Provincial Economic Accounts release on November 8, 2007, the expenditure-based gross domestic product (GDP) will be converted to a 2002 reference year for its volume and price estimates.

On October 31, 2007, the monthly gross domestic product (GDP) by industry estimates will use the North American Industry Classification System, NAICS 2002, and will convert to reference year 2002 for its volume estimates.

Description:

The expenditure-based gross domestic product (GDP) and associated components will be converted to a 2002 reference year for its volume and price estimates, effective May 31, 2007.

Description:

This paper provides a brief description of the methodology currently used to produce the annual volume of hours worked consistent with the System of National Accounts (SNA). These data are used for labour input in the annual and quarterly measures of labour productivity, as well as in the annual measures of multifactor productivity. For this purpose, hours worked are broken down by educational level and age group, so that changes in the composition of the labour force can be taken into account. They are also used to calculate hourly compensation and the unit labour cost and for simulations of the SNA Input-Output Model; as such, they are integrated as labour force inputs into most SNA satellite accounts (i.e., environment, tourism).

Description:

The National Accounts Advisory Committee reviews and gives advice on the concepts, methods, plans, standards as well as results associated with Statistics Canada's System of National Accounts.

Description:

In recent years there has been considerable international interest in key indicators. This paper surveys recent Canadian attempts to develop key indicators of economic, social, environmental or physical well-being. It classifies and discusses over forty such projects and publications in detail; briefly lists a further twenty projects; and provides references to a number of up-to-date surveys and annotated bibliographies which contain additional examples of indicator development in Canada. The paper provides information on a number of research centres working on indicator development and discusses international indicators which are relevant to the Canadian scene, either because they represent 'rototypes' of some particular kind of measure, or else might be regarded as constituting 'best practice' in an area. The paper also examines the motivations behind indicator development and seeks to address the question of whether efforts to extend measurement outside the economic field constitute attempts to "measure the unmeasurable".